Enugu cleric, Catholic Priest
and founder of Enugu Adoration Ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, yesterday,
celebrated his 20th priesthood anniversary, describing it as victory over
enemies of truth and blackmailers. This came just as President Muhammadu
Buhari hailed the patriotic spirit of Rev.
Father Ejike Mbaka saying that
”Father Mbaka is a great priest who was not afraid to speak truth to power,
even at the cost of his own life or being hated by leaders in power.”
It should be re-called that Mbaka’s
message of change, which he delivered before the March 28 presidential
election, attracted criticisms, especially from the supporters of the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP.
Speaking at the Christ the King
Parish, Enugu, during his 20th anniversary mass, attended by thousands of
worshippers, including the wife of the Enugu State Governor, Mrs. Monica
Ugwuanyi, the cleric said despite all the attacks against him, God continued to
protect him because he remained on the side of the truth.
He declared: “I am not tired after
20 years, 20 years of good health; 20 years of miracles from God; 20 years of
hard apostolic work; 20 years in the hand of God.
“There was a time they blackmailed
me; they were saying such things like ‘Mbaka why? Mbaka this, Mbaka that’, but
I have remained in the hand of God.”
He, however, said he had forgiven
his attackers, praying God to “forgive all those who have fought us on the
course of this ministry and bless those who have stood behind us.”
In a special message, entitled,
’20-point agenda,’ Fr. Mbaka said he was praying for President Buhari “that God
will protect him so that enemies will not destroy him. I also pray for Enugu
State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi so that God will not allow occultic men to
steal his vision.”
In a brief chat with journalists,
the spokesman of the ministry, Maximus Ugwuoke said blackmail and unnecessary
criticisms had rather strengthened the cleric.
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